DBT #432 Monday Morning Song - Ring Them Bells
Today's Monday Morning Song focuses on six releases
of Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells."
Six? Yes I couldn't eliminate any,
plus I have two different Sarah Jarosz' covers;
and I had to pick one.
Bob's original from "Oh Mercy" one of my top Dylan albums,
an 1989 release produced by Daniel Lanlois.
It's piano lead, with a keyboard reverb in the background,
and the reverb is so typical for Daniel to get a spooky sound.
My favorite Blues singer who really only had one release,
Hope Waits (self-titled) in 2007.
I had found her on MySpace, and she became a dear digital friend,
who also just had a birthday yesterday the day after Valentines.
Her more guitar lead version was not anywhere easy to share,
so I remixed some clips of her from her
"I'll Be Satisfied" video and created this:
Keeping it Male / Female / Male / Female,
Sufjan Stevens of course would have the most unique (and longest) cover
from the "I'm Not There" soundtrack.
Maybe why this song came up for posting
was because I added a new cover this week
when I bought a used 1995 Joan Baez appropriately named
Mary Black joins her on this stripped down piano version, and yes
those two ladies are as beautiful as they sing.
So I needed another male voice to maintain the pattern
so I found Matt Epp a Canadian on Bandcamp.
He said he released this a birthday wish to Bob,
and he was the only one who added a harmonica to the song.
Of course, I'm not following him
so we'll see if he shows up in more purchases along the line.
Usually right after Dylan, I think of Sarah Jarosz's version.
Truly she has made it hers and originally released on
"Follow Me Down" in 2011 when she was a ripe age of 20!
My favorite of the two songs in my library though was her solo with her
released in 2013. Yes here's the video;
and I dare you not to fall in love with her
gentleness and grace that makes a hymn.
(I so love it has had 1.5 million views)
Of course if you wanted to listen to all uninterupted,
here's a YouTube Playlist
If you like Dylan covers like I do (yes I have 169 songs in a playlist),
I have published three playlists.
All these songs are in our Monday Morning Song YouTube Playlist.
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